Horseshoe



J. HALLER.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.7.1920.

Patented Nov. 1", 1921.

HORSESHOE.

issue-as.

T 0 (ZZZ whom z'zfmcty concern:

Be it known that I, J OHNHALLER, a'c1t1- zen of the United States, andaresident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of KingsandState of New York, have made and invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horseshoes and particularly to shoes designedandarranged for use during the winter months and adapt ed to prevent theslipping of the horse.

Horseshoes as heretofore constructed for winter use ordinarily lncludetoe calks or in some instances-are equipped with chains. so as toprevent the horse from slipping or skidding, particularly when thepavement is covered with me or snow. shoes with which I amfamiliar,however,

the anti-slipping devices rapidly wear and in the course of a few daysentirely lose their anti-slipping qualities and act as a distinctdetriment, in that not only'is the horse not prevented from slipping butis liable to injury from the worn or blunt callrs. It isac'cordingly anobject of my invention to provide ahorseshoe for use in preventing theslipping of the horse and to so design, arrange, and construct the shoethat its anti-slipping qualities will remain effective throughout thewearing life of the shoe.

In accomplishing the aforementioned ends I have provided a shoe havingdownwardly projecting calks which will remain substantially sharpthroughout their normal life, the calks being arranged in spacedrelation and so shaped and designed as to supplement each other inpreventing theslipping of the shoe; the prevention of the shoe fromslipping being first borne byone set of calks which upon becoming wornare supplemented by the second'or intermediate set of calks.

.Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides. in the novel horseshoeillustrated in the accompanying drawing and described in the followingspecification, and in the combination and arrangement of parts and inthe details of construction as hereinafter described and claimed, itbeing understood that changes may be made within the scope of the claimsIn all such 7 I Specification of Letters Eatent. Patsgni ed NQV. 15 1%21"Application filed August 7, 1920. Serial No. 401,869.

without departing The preferred embodiment of my inveirtion is disclosedin the accompanying drawings, wherein; Figure 1 is a view in planhorseshoe;

2 is a View in side elevation thereof;

,Fig. 3 1s a new insection taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a similar viewillustrating the call: of Fig. 3 after beingsubjected to wear;-

Fig. 5 is a fragmental view in top plan of my improvedhorseshoe whereinthe calks are provided with transverse corrugations or ribs; g

F 6 is a view in side elevation thereof;

F 1g. 7 is a view in plan illustrating my improved .shoe used inconnection with a rubber pad;

Fig. 8 is a view of a bar shoe incorporatthe characteristic features ofmy invention; and

Fig. 9 is a fragmental viewof a shoe havin a somewhat modified form ofcalk.

..eferring specifically to the several views, wherein similar referencenumerals desigof my improved 'nate corresponding parts throughout, my

improved horseshoe is composed of the body portion 10 of the usual shapeand is provided with the nail openings 11 therein and the customaryupwardly-extending toeclip 12. r

In order to positively prevent the shoe from slipping regardless of thecondition of the pavements or surface upon which the shoe rests, l haveprovided the shoe with a plurality of downwardly-extending calks whichin the shoe illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 include the toe calks 13, theheel'callrs 14;, 1

erably extend transversely to the body of the shoe and are alsoconnected to the intermediate or quarters calks by the ribs 16.

The intermediate calks 15 which supplement the toe and heel calks arepreferably composed of two distinct types, the alternate calks 17 whichare fairly blunt and substantially trapezoidal in outline, and theintermediate calks 18 which are somewhat smaller and substantiallytriangular in outline. The alternate calks 17 extend at an angle to thevertical when the shoe is in normal position and are bent or projectfirst to one side and then to the otherside of the vertical, as moreclearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, while the intermediate andtriangular-shaped calks 18 extend substantially vertical. Thisinclination of the calks provides that a sharp edge 19 will always bemaintained upon the calks 17 as they wear away, thus insuring a positivegrip upon the ground or pavement and preventing the slipping of thehorse under the most adverse conditions or circumstances. .The quarterscalks are connected by the rib 16, thus insuring the bracing of the bodyof the shoe and the several calks. In the actual use of my improvedshoe, after the calks 17 become worn, the intermediate triangular calks18 will then contact with the ground and, being sharp, will assistinpreventing the slip ping of the shoe.

In order to more positively insure the calks to remain sharp at alltimes, I have provided the shoe as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 whereinthe calks are provided with transverse ribs 20 and intermediatecorrugatioifs 21, the corrugations upon the intermediate calks 18 beingout of alinement with relationto the ribs and corrugations upon thealternate calks 17 The provision of the ribs and corrugations causes thecalks to wear sharp, particularly when one of the ribs has beencompletely worn away, and the staggered relation of the ribs on thecalks provides that one of the sets of calks will always be sharp, theburden of preventing the shoe from slipping being thus alternativelyborne by the one set of oalks and then by the other set of calks.

I have illustrated further applications of my improved shoe in Figs. 7and 8, wherein Fig. 7 discloses m improved shoe with the heel portionscut away and used in connection with a rubber pad 22, while the shoeillustrated in Fig. 8 is what is known as a bar shoe, including as itdoes the heel bar 23 and upon which the heel calks 14: are placed.

A somewhat further modified form of my shoe is illustrated in Fig. 9,wherein the quarters calks are provided with openings 24 therein, theopenings in the calks being also placed in staggered relation, so thatas the calks wear, first one set of calks will be bifurcated and formtwo sharp gripping portions, and the further wear will then cause theintermediate calks to be split up into two sharp side portions.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a shoe whichis particularly adapted for use in connection with pavements which arecovered with ice or snow or in any manner renderedparticularly slipperyor difficult for the horse to negotiate. Further, the very material sizeof the calks and their angular position provide for the long life of theshoe and its eiiicient action during such long wearing life. Thus withmy improved shoe a set may be applied to a horse at the beginning of thewinter and will last over a very considerable period of time and thus doaway with the almost constant reshoeing of horses, as is necessary withthe present type of horseshoe during the winter months.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A horseshoe comprising a body portion andcalks projecting downwardly therefrom and provided with transverse ribsand corrugations.

2. A horseshoe. comprising a body portion and downwardly projectingcalks, the alternate. calks being inclined to the vertical when the shoeis in normal position, said calks provided with transverse corrugations,a g

3. An anti-slipping horseshoe comprising a body portion, toe and heelcalks carried 95 thereby, quarters calks composed of alternate andintermediatecalks, the alternate calks being substantially trapezoidalin outline and inclined to the vertical and pr0- vided with transverseribs and corrugations, 100 substantially as described.

4. A horseshoe comprising a body portion, toe. and heel calks carriedthereby, quarters calks composed of alternating and intermediate calks,the alternating calks 105 being substantially trapezoidal in outline andthe intermediate calks being substantially triangular in outline, thealternating and intermediate ca lks being inclined with respect to thevertical and in opposite di- 110 rections, considered when the shoe isin its normal position;

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York andState of New York, this 4th day of August, A. D. 115

JOHN HALLER.

Witnesses A. M. vLINDENsrRtrrH, ANNE V. WALSH.

